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(More customer reviews)I own both the Cowon S9 & The J3. For My perspectives, I also own three Sansa's (520, Clip & Fuze), three Ipods (Classic, Nano & Touch)! I have three pairs of Ultimate Ears ($100 pair); three so I always have a set in car, truck & for back up! The J3 screen has 1-7 brightness settings-a tad brighter than the S9 with 1-6 (otherwise their identical), As for sound quality, at full volume the J3 distorts a little more often where the S9 rarely does: (But this is Due To The J3 Playing A Little Louder at same vol numbers about 3% [0-40 vs Cowon S9 w/same eq settings]-might be good when using as external device on car stereo or powering large over head headphones)! Also, the J3 sounds just a tad harsher than the S9 - playing a little more highs than lows - almost like listening to an 80 watt amp car stereo vs a 100 watts (I'm Talking Very Subtle Difference For Those That Are Ultra Picky Audiophiles {Seems Like You Need To Turn The Treble Down Half A Point})! The J3 Does have all the EQ settings 5 bands/width of curve/and freq. with 4 user presets it saves!
It Does Play My AAC Itunes Files (Will Not Play APPLE LOSSLESS) - (Just Drag And Drop On The Music Folder Or Onto A Micro SD Card) it even played songs I purchased with Itunes! (The AAC and micro SD port are the only reasons I purchased the J3; besides being a Cowon!
The GUI (user interface) is nice, a drop down menu from above cover art reveals the EQ presets including 4 user and all the rest cowon is famous for plus in the top right corner is a M for home screen and top left back to list! I mostly listen to music but watch some music videos and view pictures so not commenting much on the video portion. I haven't seen a clearer/brighter screen IAMOLED (organic L.E.D. basically) but very nice!
My Only Complaints, Which Is Little, The Buttons! The Track Skip is high on the device right where your thumb naturally rests and the Volume is towards the bottom where it is awkward getting to (if you hold it with left hand your ring/little finger can control volume and index/middle track skip)! If a person skips tracks more than they play with the volume I suppose it's okay; however, track skip is also on the touchscreen but volume isn't, go figure I guess. And the speaker is all but a joke, my $100 straighttalk phone's speaker sounds twice as loud/clear. But you can tell what is playing when left in your shirt pocket (it does have Auto/On/Off setting for the speaker)
I'm keeping my S9 and giving the J3 to my Wife as long as I get to use it periodically for AAC files I don't want to tamper with & purchased (I might just burn to Disc then make them flac (Free Lossless Audio Codec) flac files are VERY LARGE roughly 50% of WAV file! I do like the micro SD feature)!
The J3 Sounds Excellent and is great at both video/music playing! However, My S9 32GB is just slightly better (I just wish the S9 played AAC & had a microSD slot like the J3(lol)!
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